A Marriage That Will Not Fail Matthew 5

A Marriage That Will Not Fail Matthew 5, 6, 7

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • • Gen. 2: 18 -24 Not good for man to be alone. Ps. 1: 1 Counsel of the ungodly not sound. Mt. 5: 20 Be concerned about proper attitudes. Be the person who wants to go to heaven more than anything else. • Marry someone who wants to go to heaven more than anything else. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Do Not Murder. Mt. 5: 21 -22 – Attitude. 2 Cor. 10: 5; 1 Jno. 3: 15 – Soft answer. Prov. 15: 1 – Be kind. Eph. 4: 31 -32 – Guard your anger. Eph. 4: 26; Jms. 1: 19 ff – Do not be bitter. Col. 3: 18 -19 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 5: 27 -28 – Attitude. Mt. 5: 29 -30 – Keep your mind pure. Prov. 23: 7; 4: 23; Mt. 15: 18 -20 – Learn to flee. 1 Cor. 6: 18; Gen. 39: 12; 1 Thess. 5: 22 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Do Not Divorce. Mt. 5: 31 -32 – Mt. 19: 6 Do not put asunder. – ONE EXCEPTION. “Except fornication. ” • Mt. 18: 1 -3; Jno. 3: 2 ff; Lk. 13: 3 – Eccl. 5: 2 -7 Remember your vow. – Mal. 2: 14 -16 God hates divorce. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid Deception. Mt. 5: 33 -37 – Do not lie. Col. 3: 9; Eph. 4: 25 – Maintain your integrity. Ps. 15 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 5: 38 -39 – Vindictive attitudes must not be allowed. Rom. 12: 17 ff Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 5: 43 -48 – Husbands love your wives. Eph. 5: 25 – Wives love your husbands. Tit. 2: 3 -5 – Characteristics of love. 1 Cor. 13: 4 -8 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 6: 1, 2, 5, 16 – “Let love be without hypocrisy. ” Rom. 12: 9 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid Materialism. Mt. 6: 19 -34 – Misplaced values. Lk. 12: 15 ff; cf. Col. 3: 2 – Respectable worldliness. Lk. 14: 15 ff • Money can buy cosmetics, but not real beauty. • Money can buy a house, but not a home. Price of the soul worth more than all. Mt. 16: 26 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7: 1 -5 “In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely” Prov. 10: 19 “The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver” Prov. 10: 20 “Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips” Ps. 141: 3 “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles” Prov. 21: 23 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7: 1 -5 “He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction” Prov. 13: 3 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in network of silver” Prov. 25: 11 “Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him” Prov. 29: 20 Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7: 1 -5 Prov 21: 9 25: 24 “It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. ” Prov 21: 19 “It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman. ” Prov 26: 21 “(As) coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife. Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail • Apply the golden rule. Mt. 7: 12 • Treat your companion like you would like them to treat you!!! Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27

A Marriage That Will Not Fail Practice golden rule Avoid petty criticism Avoid materialism Avoid hypocrisy Avoid conditional love Avoid retaliation Avoid deception Do not divorce Do not commit adultery Do not murder Build Upon The Right Foundation Mt. 7: 24 -27